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Abingdon Adair Addison Albany Albion (Lake) Albion Aledo Alexis Algonquin Allerton Altamont Alton Amboy Anna Annapolis Antioch Apple River Arcola Arenzville Argenta Argo Arlington Heights Armington Arrowsmith Arthur Ashkum Ashland Ashmore Ashton Assumption Astoria Athens Atlanta Atwood Auburn Park Auburn Augusta Aurora Austin Ava Avon Bardolph Barrington Barry Bartlett Bartonville Batavia Batchtown Baylis Beardstown Beason Beecher Beecher City Belleville Bellflower Bellwood Belvidere Bement Benld Bensenville Benson Benton Berwyn Bethany Biggsville Bingham Birds Blackberry Blandinsville Bloomingdale Bloomington Blue Island Blue Mound Bluffs Bolingbrook Bourbonnais Bowen Braceville Bradford Bradley Braidwood Breese Bremen Bridgeport Brighton Brimfield Broadlands Brocton Brookfield Brookport Buckley Buda Buffalo Buffalo Grove Bunker Hill Burnside Burnt Prairie Burr Ridge Bushnell Byron Cahokia Cairo Calumet City Cambridge Camden Camp Bradley Camp Defiance Camp Des Plaines Camp Ellis Camp Grant Camp Point Camp Skokie Valley Campbell Hill Canton Capron Carbondale Carlinville Carlock Carlyle Carmi Carol Stream Carpentersville Carrier Mills Carrollton Carterville Carthage Cary Casey Catlin Cave-In-Rock Central City Centralia Cerro Gordo Chadwick Champaign Chandlerville Chanute Air Force Base Chapin Charleston Chatham Chatsworth Chebanse Chenoa Chester Chestnut Chicago Chicago Heights Chicago Lawn Chillicothe Chrisman Christopher Cicero Cissna Park Clarendon Hills Clarkdale Junction Clay City Clayton Clifton Clinton Clyde Coal City Coatsburg Cobden Coffeen Colchester Coleta Colfax Collinsville Columbia Columbus (Adams) Columbus (Randolph) Compton Congress Park Cooksville Cornell Cortland Coulterville Countryside Creal Springs Crescent City Creston Crete Crossville Crystal Lake Cuba Cullom Dahlgren Dallas City Dalton City Danforth Danvers Danville Darien Davis Decatur Deerfield De Kalb Deland Delevan De Pue De Soto Des Plaines Dieterich Divernon Dixon Dolton Dongola Donovan Downers Grove Duncanville Dundee Dunlap Dupo Du Quoin Durand Dwight Earlville East Alton East Dubuque East Galesburg East Moline East Peoria East St. Louis Easton Edinburg Edwardsville Effingham El Paso Elburn Eldorado Elgin Elizabeth Elizabethtown Elk Grove Village Elkville Elmhurst Elmwood Elmwood Park Emden Emington Emporium Enfield Equality Erie Eureka Evanston Evansville Evergreen Park Ewington Fairbury Fairfield Fairmount Fairview Fairview Heights Farina Farmer City Farmersville Farmington Fernwood Findlay Fisher Fithian Flanagan Flat Rock Flora Forest Park Forrest Forreston Forsyth Fort Sheridan Fountain Green Fowler Fox Lake Frankfort Franklin Franklin Grove Franklin Park Freeburg Freeport Fulton Fulton City Galena Galesburg Galva Gano Gardner Geneseo Geneva Genoa Georgetown German Valley Gibson City Gifford Gillespie Gilman Girard Gladstone Glasford Glen Ellyn Glencoe Glendale Heights Glenview Golconda Golden Good Hope Grafton Grand Crossing Grand Detour Grand Tower Granite City Granville Grayslake Grayville Great Lakes Green Valley Greenfield Greenup Greenview Greenville Gridley Griggsville Hamilton Hammond Hampshire Hanna City Hanover Hanover Park Hardin Harrisburg Harristown Harvard Harvey Havana Hebron Hegewisch Hennepin Henry Herrick Herrin Herscher Heyworth Highland Highland Park Hillsboro Hillsdale Hillside Hinckley Hindsboro Hinsdale Hoffman Estates Homer Hoopeston Hopedale Hopkins Park Hull Humbolt Hume Huntley Hutsonville Illiopolis Ina Indian Head Park Industry Irving Itasca Iuka Ivesdale Jacksonville Jacob Jerseyville Johnston City Joliet Jonesboro Joppa Juliet Junction Kampsville Kane Kankakee Kansas Kaskaskia Keithsburg Kenney Kensington Kewanee Keyesport Kilbourne Kinderhook Kingston Kinmundy Kirkland Kirkwood Knoxville Lacon Ladd Lafayette La Grange La Grange Park La Harpe Lake Bluff Lake Forest Lake Villa Lake Zurich La Moille Lanark Lane Lansing La Rose La Salle Lawrenceville Leaf River Lebanon Leland Lemont Lena Lerna Le Roy Lewistown Lexington Liberty Libertyville Lincoln Lincolnshire Lincolnwood Lindenhurst Lisbon Lisle Litchfield Little Fort Little Rock Lockport Loda Lomax Lombard London Mills Long Point Lostant Louisville Loves Park Lovington Lowell Lower Alton Lyons Mc Henry Machesney Park Mackinaw Mc Lean Mc Leansboro Macomb Macon Madison Mahomet Majority Point Makanda Malta Manchester Manhattan Manito Manlius Mansfield Manteno Maquon Marengo Marion Marissa Markham Maroa Marseilles Marshall Martinsville Martinton Mascoutah Mason Mason City Matherville Mattoon Maywood Mazon Mechanicsburg Media Medinah Medora Melrose Park Melvin Menard Mendon Mendota Meredosia Metamora Metropolis Middleport Middletown Midlothian Milan Milford Milledgeville Millington Millstadt Milton Minier Minonk Minooka Moawequa Modesto Mokena Moline Momence Monee Monmouth Monroe Center Monticello Montrose Morgan Park Morris Morrison Morrisonville Morton Morton Grove Mound City Mounds Mount Auburn Mount Carmel Mount Carroll Mount Morris Mount Olive Mount Prospect Mount Pulaski Mount Sterling Mount Vernon Mount Zion Moweaqua Mulberry Grove Mundelein Murphysboro Murrayville Naperville Naples Nashville Nauvoo Nebo Neoga Neponset New Athens New Baden New Berlin New Boston New Burnside New Canton New Haven New Holland Newman Newton Niantic Niles Niles Center Noble Nokomis Nora Normal Normal Park Norris City North Aurora North Chicago North Riverside Northbrook Norwood Park Nunda Oak Brook Oak Lawn Oak Park Oak Point Oakbrook Terrace Oakland Oblong Oconee Odell Odin O'Fallon Ogden Ohio Okawville Olney Omaha Onarga Oneida Oquawka Orangeville Oreana Oregon Orion Orland Park Oswego Ottawa Palatine Palestine Palmyra Palos Heights Palos Hills Pana Paris Park Forest Park Ridge Patoka Paw Paw Pawnee Paxton Payson Pearl City Pecatonica Pekin Pembroke Peoria Peoria Heights Peotone Percy Perry Peru Pesotum Petersburg Philo Pinckneyville Piper City Pittsfield Plainfield Plainville Plano Pleasant Hill Pleasant Plains Plymouth Pocahontas Polo Pontiac Port Byron Posen Potomac Prairie City (Cumberland Co SEE TOLEDO) Prairie City (McDonough) Prairie Du Rocher Princeton Princeville Prophetstown Prospect City Prospect Heights Proving Ground Quincy Raleigh Ramsey Rankin Ransom Rantoul Raritan Raymond Red Bud Reddick Reynolds Ridgefarm Ridgway River Forest River Grove Riverdale Riverside Riverton Roberts Robinson Rochelle Rochester Rock Falls Rock Island Rock Spring Rockford Rockton Rockwood Rogers Park Rolling Meadows Romeoville Roodhouse Roscoe Roseland Roselle Roseville Rosiclare Rossville Round Lake Rushville Russellville Rutland Sadorus Sagetown Sailor Springs St. Anne St. Charles St. Elmo St. Francisville St. Jacob St. Joseph Sainte Marie Salem San Jose Sandoval Sandwich Savanna Saybrook Schaumburg Sciota Scott Air Force Base Seaton Seneca Sesser Shabbona Shannon Shawneetown Sheffield Shelbyville Sheldon Sherrard Shipman Sibley Sidell Sidney Skokie Somonauk Sorento South Chicago South Holland South Waukegan Sparland Sparta Spring Valley Springfield Stanford Staunton Steeleville Stephenson Sterling Stewardson Stickney Stillman Valley Stockton Stonington Stoy Strasburg Streamwood Streator Stronghurst Sugar Grove Sullivan Summit Sumner Sycamore Table Grove Tallula Tamaroa Tampico Taylorville Tennessee Teutopolis Thawville Thomson Tilton Tinley Park Tiskilwa Toledo Tolono Toluca Tonica Toulon Towanda Tremont Trenton Trivoli Troy Turner/Turner Junction Tuscola Upper Alton Urbana Utica Vandalia Varna Vermont Versailles Vienna Villa Grove Villa Park Viola Virden Virginia Walnut Walnut Grove Walsh Waltonville Wapella Warren Warrensburg Warrenville Warsaw Washburn Washington Washington Heights Wataga Waterloo Waterman Watseka Wauconda Waukegan Waverly Wayne Wayne City Waynesville Weldon Wenona West Brooklyn West Chicago West Frankfort West Salem West Union West Urbana West York Westchester Western Springs Westfield Westmont Westville Wheaton Wheeling White Hall Williamsfield Willamsville Willow Hill Willowbrook Wilmette Wilmington Winchester Windsor Winfield Winnebago Winnetka Winslow Wood Dale Wood River Woodhull Woodland Woodridge Woodstock Worden Worth Wyanet Wyoming Xenia Yates City Yorkville Zeigler Zion

SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS.

[ ] Brackets around dates indicate an incomplete file; for itemized list of issues missing, see pages 94-138. Brackets around a title indicate a successor title for which no issues are held.
* First issue at that place, with that frequency, or under that title. In a few instances, preliminary issues preceded Volume I, No. 1; in others, the paper was suspended or moved away, then resumed.

X Last issue at that place, with that frequency, or under that title. In some cases, extras were issued after the end of regular publication.

= Changed to, or merged into, another frequency or title.

+ File continues to date and is being currently received.

? In list of missing issues, indicates that a regular publication date was missing, but numbering was consecutive (or fewer numbers than dates were missing). Following X in the main listing indicates that this was in all probability the final issue, but it is not certain.

LANGUAGES: Ch, Cherokee; Cr, Croatian; Cz, Czech; D, Danish; F, French; Fl, Flemish; G, German; Gr, Greek; It, Italian; J, Japanese; N, Norwegian; P, Polish; R, Russian; S, Swedish; SI, Slovenian; Sp, Spanish; Y, Yiddish. E (for English) is used only where necessary for clarity.

FREQUENCY:

bm bimonthly
bw biweekly
d daily
i irregular
m monthly
q quarterly
qw four times a week
sm semimonthly
sw semiweekly
tw triweekly
w weekly
Unless otherwise noted newspapers listed are weeklies.

MONTHS:

Ja January
F February
Mr March
Ap April
My May
Je June
Jl July
Ag August
S September
O October
N November
D December

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